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Author: Jeevan Ravindran

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40 Years After Black July, Human Rights, justice, Nuwara Eliya, Peace and Conflict, Politics and Governance

What Happened in 83 Wasn’t a Riot: It was Murder

In 1983, a series of bloody riots swept Sri Lanka, marking the start of the country’s 26 year brutal civil war. Intermittent unrest had been occurring since the late 1950s and state…

Jeevan Ravindran Jeevan Ravindran on 07/29/202307/29/2023

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